Gerald Herbert / AP Investor Warren Buffet participates in the Treasury Conference on U.S. Capital Markets Competitiveness, Tuesday, March 13, 2007, at Georgetown University in Washington. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Don't count out Warren Buffett.  Even as he enters his 78th year, the Buffett style of investing remains as relevant and successful as ever.  His words still attract the investment world's attention, and he is "beloved" as a plain-talking, unpretentious, generous American icon who happens to have a net worth of over $50 billion.  Instead of quietly fading into a semi-retirement as one might expect for someone of his age, Buffett continues to be as energetic as ever (with help from a steady diet of Cherry Cokes) and even more visible than he's been in past years.

Warren Buffett Watch has already provided its 8 Predictions for '08 as part of CNBC.com's Outlook '08 Special Report.  (They're mostly sure bets, by the way, in keeping with the Warren Buffett style of looking at the future.)

Now, in keeping with the year-end tradition of journalists everywhere, it's time to look back at 2007: The Year in Warren. 

Here, in reverse order, are #10 through #6 of the top 10 trends and events of the year, as reported here on Warren Buffett Watch.

#10.   MOHNISH PABRAI'S $650,000 LUNCH WITH WARREN

CNBC Mohnish Pabrai, the winning bidder for this year's charity lunch with Warren Buffett, appearing on CNBC's Squawk Box.

In early July, Pabrai, one of the country's best-known value investors paid nearly three-quarters of a million dollars, a record, to one of Warren's favorite charities, for the privilege of sharing lunch with the man to whom he owes "a large tuition bill" for lessons about investing and life.